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[Intro 1] [D][Bm][G][A][D][Bm][G][A] [Verse 1] [D]We were a couple kids in a [G]pickup [A]foolin' [D]around We learned [G]how to keep it so nobody found [A]out[D] Mama don't [Bm]need to know [G]everything Some things, you [A]keep to yourself [D]Like dumb things you do[Bm] when you're seventeen [G]On the[A] DL [Verse 2] But if [D]that tailgate ever tell[Bm]s I'd be the small [G]talk of the town [A]I'm sure I'd[D] catch all kinds of hell [Bm]For every time[G] we laid it do[A]wn In the [D]back of that race red [Bm]F-150 We [G]get to kissin', we [A]get to slippin' off [D]clothes And nobody [Bm]knows and only [G]will If [A]that tailgate ever [D]tells (Tailgate, don't [Bm]tell on [Verse 3] [G]me) (Don't tell on me, tailgate) if [A]that tail gate ever [D]tells (Tailgate, don't [Bm]tell on me) [G](Don't tell [A]on me, [D]tailgate) You, [Bm]me, we had bare [Verse 4] [G] feet hangin' off [A]the edge [D]Two [Bm]drinks, then we [G]lay it on [A]back in [D]the bed Mama don't [Bm]need to know [G]everything [A]Some things, you keep [D]to yourself We knew that's [Bm]all that we'd ever be On [A]the DL [Verse 5] But if [D]that tailgate ever tell[Bm]s I'd be the small [G]talk of the town [A]I'm sure I'd[D] catch all kinds of hell [Bm]For every time[G] we laid it do[A]wn In the [D]back of that race red [Bm]F-150 We [G]get to kissin', we [A]get to slippin' off [D]clothes And nobody [Bm]knows and only [G]will If [A]that tailgate ever tells [Verse 6] [D](Tailgate, don't tell on me) [Bm](Don't tell on me, [G]tai[A]lgate) if that tailgate ever tells[D] (Tailgate, don't tell on me) [Bm](Don't tell [G]on me, [A]tai[D]lgate) What [G]happens on a [D]dirt road, stays on [Verse 7] [D] a dirt road out here What we're doin' in the dark when we're underneath the stars, is our own business [Verse 8] But if [D]that tailgate ever tell[Bm]s I'd be the small [G]talk of the town [A]I'm sure I'd[D] catch all kinds of hell [Bm]For every time[G] we laid it do[A]wn In the [D]back of that race red [Bm]F-150 We [G]get to kissin', we [A]get to slippin' off [D]clothes And nobody [Bm]knows and only [G]will If [A]that tailgate ever [D]tells (Tailgate, don't [Bm]tell on [Verse 9] [G]me) (Don't tell on me, tailgate) if [A]that tail gate ever [D]tells (Tailgate, don't [Bm]tell on me) [G](Don't tell [A]on me, tailgate) tailgate, don't [D]tell, no (Tailgate, don't [Bm]tell on me) [G](Don't tell on me, tailgate) don't [A]tell on me, [D]tail (Tailgate, don't [Bm]tell on me) [G](Don't tell [A]on me, tailgate)
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